by John Paul Caponigro

When I was a child, I named all my animals after other animals. My cat was a lion, my dog was a bear, my frog was a bug, my fish was a butterfly, my shrimp was a whale, and my ants were men. Somehow, I knew all animals have other animals in them, so I have them in me, too. When I watched them, moments felt like lives. I became a dog and a cat and a bird and a fish and a frog and a bug, but not a man – yet.

John Paul Caponigro is an internationally collected visual artist and published author. He leads unique adventures in the wildest places on earth to help participants make deeper connections with nature and themselves creatively. View his TEDx and Google talks on his website.